FESTIVALS & EVENTS
Alexandra Heritage Machinery Festival
The Heritage Machinery Display weekend returns to the Alexandra Museum. The display highlights a vast array of antique machinery of all classes at work, including steam train rides all weekend. The Alexandra Museum is the ideal venue for enthusiasts to display and see these rare agricultural and mechanical treasures from the past.
Eildon Drag Boat Festival
The Liquid Drag Boat Nationals is a two-day water motorsport festival held at the Lower Eildon Pondage. The event operates as a community fundraiser, specifically supporting Foundation Murrindindi and the Country Fire Authority (CFA).
The weekend program consists of 30 to 40 competitor boats competing in head-to-head drag races over a 305-metre sprint course. Qualifying rounds run on Saturday, with eliminations and finals on Sunday. The foreshore area will host static boat displays, family entertainment and food vendors.
The site has designated parking with accessible spaces, and public amenities including portable toilets and waste bins. Spectator viewing zones are set back safely from the water.